On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 21:39:29 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig necessary?:

> What I meant was:
> 
> If I want a kernel config as close as possible to the older kernel,
> can I just use `make menuconfig`, or do I have to first run `make
> oldconfig`.

Just copy your old .config file to the new kernel source directory, then
run make menuconfig and select what you want.  Job done.

The make menuconfig will silently do a make oldconfig on the
existing .config file before it puts the menu on the screen.  This
means that the options in the menu hierarchy will reflect the options
that were in your old .config file, with newer features [i.e. not in the
earlier kernel] set to defaults.
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Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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